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Mikaela Shiffrin just delivered one of the most dominant technical seasons EVER in 2025-26, proving once again why she’s the greatest alpine skier of all time. 🇺🇸🔥

❄️ 2025–26 Season Recap

🏆 Overall World Cup Champion – 6th career Overall Globe

💎 Slalom Crystal Globe – 9th career slalom title

🥇 Olympic Gold Medal (Slalom) at Milano-Cortina 2026

🎯 Won 9 of 10 World Cup slalom races

📈 Consistent top results in GS helped secure the Overall title

👑 Clinched the Overall with 1,410 points after the World Cup Finals

Her slalom dominance was unreal, winning nearly every race she entered this season and locking up the discipline globe early.

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Shiffrin captured slalom gold by a massive 1.50 second margin, one of the most dominant Olympic wins in recent decades.

🏔️ Career Resume = LEGEND STATUS

🏆 6 Overall Crystal Globes
💎 17 Total Crystal Globes across all disciplines
💎 9 Slalom Globes (most ever)
🥇 110 World Cup Wins (ALL-TIME RECORD)
🥉 168 World Cup Podiums (record)
🥇 3 Olympic Gold Medals
🏅 4 Olympic medals total
🎿 Wins in all disciplines (slalom, GS, SG, downhill, combined, parallel)

She also tied the women’s record of 6 Overall titles, matching Austrian legend Annemarie Moser-Pröll.

📸: With that, the 2025–26 winter season is officially in the books! It was a busy and rewarding few months—airports, hotels, and countless miles on the car in Canada and the Northeastern US, chasing the world’s best athletes on snow.

A huge thank you to Matan Coll for the call to Copper back in November! After Copper, it was off to Mont-Tremblant with the women’s alpine tour in December before shifting gears to cover the FIS Freestyle Aerials & Moguls North American Tour ahead of the Olympics.

Along the way, I had the pleasure of working with some fantastic people:

FIS Alpine: Giacomo, Viviane, Charlotte
FIS Freestyle: Matt
Action Press: Uli, Mark

Thanks to everyone for an incredible winter! Enjoy the summer, and I hope to see you all on the 2026–27 tour. by @blockislandsteve

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7 months ago

Since 1965, Block Island Race Week has been one of the most iconic offshore sailing regattas in the U.S. Hosted every other year by the Storm Trysail Club, it was inspired by England’s legendary Cowes Week — and it’s been a summer tradition for more than 60 years.

📍 Where: Off Block Island in Block Island Sound — with race headquarters in Great Salt Pond.

⛵️ The Fleet: Typically 150–200 boats ranging from 30 to 70+ feet — from high-performance ORC & PHRF racer-cruisers to one-design classes like J/105s and J/109s. Serious programs, Corinthian teams, pros and passionate amateurs all lining up on the same starting line.

🏁 The Racing: Five days of buoy racing, distance races, and the legendary “Round the Island” race — where colorful spinnakers wrap the shoreline in a full-circle showdown.

🔥 The Energy: Big breeze, big competition, and big post-race parties. Intense on the water. Electric on shore. A perfect mix of championship-level sailing and classic New England summer vibes. taken in Block Island, Rhode Island by @blockislandsteve

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8 months ago

Xu Mengtao — Sky Queen of Aerials 🇨🇳
From her first World Cup wins to making history in the air, Xu has redefined what longevity & fearlessness look like in freestyle skiing. Born in Anshan, China, she’s climbed the podium across five Olympic Games and racked up 30+ World Cup wins in her legendary career spanning over 20 years.

🎿 2025/26 FIS Crystal Globe Champion
This season she dominated the FIS World Cup — finishing as the women’s overall aerials World Cup champion and lifting the coveted Crystal Globe for her consistency and skill in the air.

🥇 Milano Cortina 2026 — Back-to-Back Olympic Gold
In Livigno, Xu defended her Olympic title with a breathtaking 112.90-point final jump, becoming the first aerials skier in history to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in women’s aerials.

📸: FIS | ACTION PRESS | STEPHEN R CLOUTIER taken in Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex by @blockislandsteve

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8 months ago

Big breeze, pouring rain, and teamwork on full display! 🌧️⛵️ Day 2 put our 47 collegiate teams through their paces to close out a memorable Long Island Sound IOR.
📸 @blockislandsteve Full recap, results, and gallery at stormtrysail.org—link in bio! by @blockislandsteve

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5 days ago

What a day on Long Island Sound! 🌊

Exciting races kicked off LIOR today, giving us some incredible shots from @blockislandsteve 📸

Many more pics are up on the regatta gallery on stormtrysail.org (Link in bio)

And check out the standings so far on YachtScoring (also link in bio).

Great job to all the sailors today! See you on the water for Day 2️⃣ tomorrow! taken in Larchmont Yacht Club by @blockislandsteve

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6 days ago

47 schools. One regatta. ⛵️

Welcome to the Long Island Sound Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta, co-hosted by Storm Trysail Club and Larchmont Yacht Club! Teams arrive today for practice before taking on two days of racing across multiple classes at the biggest college sailing big boat event of the year.

📋 The scratch sheet is now posted on YachtScoring (links in bio) : https://www.yachtscoring.com/event_scratch_sheet/50628

Safe travels to all our schools, and have a safe, fun weekend on the water!

Thank you to the generous boat owners, dedicated volunteers, Larchmont Yacht Club, and Storm Trysail Foundation—and everyone who makes this incredible weekend possible especially the sponsors including our Presenting Sponsor, @shopritestores of Carteret. by @blockislandsteve

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8 days ago

LSO ON DECK. ✈️⚓️

With a squadron of jets inbound, Logan Hewitt, of the U.S. Naval Academy, takes on the role of Landing Signals Officer, guiding J122 Blue Yonder’s spinnaker squadron safely back to the deck during the 2022 Storm Trysail Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta off Larchmont, NY Saturday Oct 8 2022.

After a big week in San Francisco working the Rolex Big Boat Series, taking the week off and skipping Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez this year. 🇫🇷⛵️

Next up: the Storm Trysail Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta on Long Island Sound at Larchmont Yacht Club, October 9–11. 🇺🇸🌊

With 47 teams from across the U.S. and Canada competing, it’s the second stop of the 2026 IOR Series and promises a great weekend of offshore racing.

The first stop of the 2026 IOR Series took place in Chicago last weekend, with the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and University of Chicago Urbana-Champaign taking home their division wins! 🏆⛵️

Check out Anna Suslova’s images from the regatta over on the Storm Trysail Club page: @stormtrysailclub 📸

The third stop of the 2026 IOR Series wraps up the season in Seattle, Washington November 13–15, at Seattle Corinthian Yacht Club. 🌲⛵️

@stormtrysailclub @larchmontyc
@cycseattle @navyoffshoresailing taken in Larchmont, New York by @blockislandsteve

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17 days ago

The road to the 2027 NCAA Championships is set 🎿🏆

From the EISA opener at Sunday River and RMISA racing in Vail to the national championships at Stowe, here is the full college alpine schedule for 2027.

See every stop, race date and championship venue in the full article. Link in bio 🔗

📸: @blockislandsteve

#NCAASkiing #CollegeSkiing #AlpineSkiing #SkiRacing by @blockislandsteve

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21 days ago

A few images from this past week at the 62nd Rolex Big Boat Series, hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California.

My sixth Big Boat Series over the past 12 years, working with Daniel Forster and Rolex. Our biennial trip to St. Francis Yacht Club is always one of my favorites. San Francisco Bay is truly unique and such a special place to work!

On the last image: Another amazing group of media professionals brought together this year by JamiesonMae Communications.

Front Row (L–R):
Sonya Patton @socialnomadmedia • Meredith Laitos @merlaitos • Daniel Forster @danielforster01 • TJ Thran @bagels.n.boardin

Back Row:
Quinn Wilson @quinnlakewilson • Chris Love @chrisloveproductions • Lexi Deleon @keepinupwithkove • Mark LeBeau @mleb8 • Amanda Witherell @awithitall • Stephen Cloutier (me) • missing from the photo, Simone Staff @simonestaff

Wrapping it all up for St. Francis Yacht Club: @jamiesonmaecommunications

@bigboatseries taken in San Francisco, California by @blockislandsteve

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23 days ago

Another surgery. Another nine months of rehab.

Nearly seven months after her devastating Olympic downhill crash, Lindsey Vonn is walking, training and even playing tennis. But her recovery is far from over.

Vonn says she hopes to undergo ACL reconstruction in November, followed by approximately nine more months of rehabilitation. 🎿💪

After multiple surgeries, months in a wheelchair and a long road back to walking independently, what comes next for one of ski racing’s greatest athletes?

Read the full story at the link in bio 🔗

📸 Stephen Cloutier / GEPA

#SkiRacing #LindseyVonn #AlpineSkiing #SkiRacingMedia by @blockislandsteve

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a month ago

🎾🇨🇭 Roger Federer — Hall of Famer

Last night, Roger Federer officially became a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, joining broadcaster and former player Mary Carillo as the Class of 2026 was enshrined on the historic grass courts in Newport, Rhode Island.

And it was an emotional one.
Introduced by his wife, Mirka, Federer fought back tears throughout a nearly 30-minute speech — especially when reflecting on his childhood hero Stefan Edberg, his longtime coach Severin Lüthi, and the role Mirka played throughout his extraordinary journey.

The numbers tell only part of the story:

🏆 20 Grand Slam singles titles
🎾 8 Wimbledon titles — the most ever by a man
🇫🇷 Career Grand Slam
🥇 103 ATP singles titles
👑 310 weeks ranked No. 1
🔥 237 consecutive weeks at No. 1
🇨🇭 One of the greatest ambassadors the sport has ever had

Federer became the 272nd Hall of Famer, and fittingly, he spoke about what it meant to walk through the Hall and immerse himself in the history of the sport.

“I’m thrilled to have made the journey here. It’s amazing to see yourself in a place like this. To immerse yourself in the history of the sport means a lot to me.”

And perhaps the most touching moment came when he tried to thank Mirka.

“Now the Mirka part…”

Then the tears came.

From a young Swiss kid dreaming of Wimbledon to a 20-time Grand Slam champion and now a Hall of Famer — what a journey.

Congratulations, Roger. Welcome to the Hall. 🏆🇨🇭

📍 International Tennis Hall of Fame • Newport, RI
📸: Stephen R Cloutier @blockislandsteve taken in International Tennis Hall of Fame by @blockislandsteve

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2 months ago

From the slopes to the grass courts 🎾⛷️

Lindsey Vonn is in Newport, Rhode Island, for the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s 2026 Induction Celebration, where Roger Federer and Mary Carillo will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this weekend.

Vonn is set to make a special appearance at the Hall of Fame Celebrity Pro Classic, kicking off the event from the umpire chair as Federer takes to Newport’s iconic grass courts alongside some of the biggest names in tennis.

A pretty fun crossover between two sporting worlds 👏

📸: @blockislandsteve

#LindseyVonn #SkiRacing #RogerFederer #TennisHallOfFame by @blockislandsteve

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